Nammoora Mandara Hoove

Nammoora Mandara Hoove
File:Kannada film Nammoora Mandara Hoove DVD cover.jpeg DVD cover of the film
Directed by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Produced by	Jayashri Devi
Screenplay by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Story by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Starring	Shivrajkumar Ramesh Prema, Renukamma murugodu
Music by	Ilayaraja
Cinematography	Sundaranath Suvarna
Edited by	R. Janardhan
Production company	Chinni Films
Release dates	1997
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Nammoora Mandara Hoove (Kannada: ನಮ್ಮೂರ ಮಂದಾರ ಹೂವೆ) is a 1997 Indian Kannada language film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai starring Shivrajkumar, Ramesh, Prema in the lead roles. The film received two awards at the 1996-97 Karnataka State Film Awards; Best Child Actor - Male (Master Vinayak Joshi) and Best Female Playback Singer (K. S. Chithra).

The film was considered a landmark in the career of its lead actors. It was a huge success at the box-office. The music composition by Ilaiyaraaja was received with much accolades with the songs continuing to frequently play in the air waves. Following a 22-week run in Bangalore, it was screened in a few screens in the United States. The film was remade in Tamil language as Kangalin Vaarthaigal.

Plot

Shivrajkumar comes to Ramesh's (his close friend), home town and falls in love with the girl whom Ramesh loves (Prema). Although the rest of the movie is about this love triangle, the movie is generally noted for effectively capturing and utilising the natural beauty of the forests of Yana it's shoot around Sirsi, Uttara Kannada.

Cast

• Shivarajkumar as Manoj
• Ramesh Arvind as Praveen Bhat
• Prema as Suma
• Suman Nagarkar as Sudha, Praveen's sister
• Renukamma murugodu as Suma's grandmother
• Kashi
• Praveen
• Kavana as Jaji
• Ramesh Bhat as Shivarama Dixit
• Pavitra Lokesh
• Master Vinayak Joshi as Deepu, Suma's brother
• Kishori Ballal as Manoj's mother
• Avinash in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Nammoora Mandara Hoove
File:Nammoora Mandara Hoove album cover.jpg Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by Ilayaraja
Released	26 December 1995
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	34:18
Label	Lahari Music

Ilaiyaraaja composed the background score for the film and the soundtracks. The lyrics for the soundtracks were penned by K. Kalyan, V. Manohar and Doddarange Gowda. The album consists of seven soundtracks. The album was well received and is considered a major contributor in the film's success.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Halli Laavaniyali Laali"	K. Kalyan	S. P. Balasubramanyam, Chithra	4:41
2.	"Hele Kogile"	K. Kalyan	Chithra	4:59
3.	"Omkaaradi (Female Version)"	S.m.patil	Chithra	4:55
4.	"Mutthu Mutthu Neera Haniya"	K. Kalyan	S. P. Balasubramanyam, Chithra	5:09
5.	"Dheem Thakita"	V. Manohar	S. P. Balasubramanyam	4:36
6.	"Manadaase Hakkiyaagi"	Doddarange Gowda	S. P. Balasubramanyam, Manjula Gururaj	5:03
7.	"Omkaaradi (Duet)"	V. Manohar	Ilaiyaraaja, Chithra	4:55
Total length:				34:18

Trivia

• The entire movie was shot without a screenplay.
• Sunil Kumar Desai attained cult status after this movie.
• The place Yana became a famous tourist spot after this movie.
• Ramesh Arvind earned the name Thyagaraja after the character he played in this movie.
• Basically it was true story of one of the sunil kumar desai's assistant director.
• Shivaraj kumars cap "Mandara" became very famous and "mandara" became brand for cap and bags for a few years.
• This is the last film of veteran actress Renukamma murugodu in lead roles.
• Ramesh and Shivarajkumars Wishing style "hey hey"- "ho ho" is even stands a brand identity for their friendship.
• Locality of the Uttara kannada and the Havyaka kannada , a type of Kannada language which is used in the movie are the next reasons of the movie's success.

External links

• Nammoora Mandara Hoove at IMDb